Nepal, year by year

Every index this site holds for Nepal, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

0.395 → 0.601 (+0.206)

UNDP Human Development Report, 2023-24 edition. 33 annual values, none interpolated; hover any point for its year.

Twenty years here

The world report →

Life expectancy at birth65.3 → 70.6 (+5.4)

Internet users1 → 46 (+45)

Urban population50 → 67 (+17)

Births per woman3.12 → 1.96 (-1.16)

Renewable share of energy90 → 74 (-17)

Access to electricity46 → 98 (+52)

Infant mortality49 → 22 (-27)

CO2 emissions per person0.1 → 0.5 (+0.4)

Forest area41 → 42 (+1)

World Bank observations, first to last available year per indicator (roughly 2005–2024; each series has its own window).

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 1 value marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.395	54.8	—	—	5.21	95	—	102	0.1	39.7	—	—
1991	0.403	55.6	0	20	5.15	94	—	97	0.1	39.7	—	—
1992	0.411	56.7	0	21	5.07	94	—	93	0.1	39.8	—	—
1993	0.416	57.6	0	22	5.04	94	—	88	0.1	39.9	—	—
1994	0.423	58.6	0	23	4.96	92	—	84	0.1	40.0	—	—
1995	0.428	59.3	0	24	4.87	92	—	80	0.1	40.0	—	—
1996	0.437	60.0	0	25	4.67	92	18	76	0.1	40.1	—	—
1997	0.444	60.8	0	27	4.44	91	18	72	0.1	40.2	—	—
1998	0.449	61.5	0	28	4.28	91	22	69	0.1	40.3	—	—
1999	0.455	62.0	0	29	4.13	88	25	65	0.1	40.4	—	—
2000	0.461	62.6	0	31	3.98	88	30	62	0.1	40.3	—	—
2001	0.462	63.3	0	33	3.79	88	25	59	0.1	40.5	—	—
2002	0.469	63.5	0	35	3.60	90	36	56	0.1	40.6	—	—
2003	0.476	64.2	0	38	3.44	89	40	53	0.1	40.7	—	—
2004	0.484	64.7	0	42	3.28	90	37	51	0.1	40.8	—	—
2005	0.492	65.3	1	46	3.12	90	46	49	0.1	41.0	—	—
2006	0.503	65.9	1	50	2.97	91	51	47	0.1	41.1	340	1718
2007	0.508	66.2	1	53	2.86	91	53	45	0.1	41.2	385	1809
2008	0.518	66.4	2	57	2.74	91	56	43	0.1	41.3	465	1942
2009	0.530	66.6	2	60	2.63	89	59	42	0.1	41.5	473	2029
2010	0.543	66.8	8	62	2.54	87	69	40	0.2	41.6	585	2139
2011	0.552	67.1	9	63	2.46	87	67	39	0.2	41.6	786	2248
2012	0.557	67.4	11	64	2.42	85	75	37	0.2	41.6	788	2466
2013	0.563	67.6	13	64	2.36	86	77	35	0.2	41.6	803	2658
2014	0.567	67.8	15	65	2.32	84	85	34	0.3	41.6	821	2901
2015	0.568	67.4	18	65	2.27	85	82	32	0.3	41.6	876	2957
2016	0.574	68.4	21	65	2.23	79	91	31	0.4	41.6	877	2976
2017	0.581	68.7	24	66	2.17	77	87	30	0.5	41.6	1034	3605
2018	0.588	69.0	29	66	2.12	75	94	28	0.5	41.6	1179	3956
2019	0.598	69.3	33	66	2.08	78	90	27	0.5	41.6	1203	4261
2020	0.593	69.1	37	66	2.05	73	90	26	0.6	41.6	1154	4236
2021	0.591	68.4	41	66	2.03	74	90	25	0.6	41.6	1253	4546
2022	0.601	70.1	45	66	2.00	—	91	24	0.5	41.6	1386	5102
2023	—	70.3	46	67	1.98	—	94	23	0.5	41.6	1382	5400
2024	—	70.6	46	67	1.96	—	98	22	0.5	—	1460	5746
2025	—	—	—	67	—	—	—	—	—	—	1536	6175
Profile shows	0.601	70.6	46	67	1.96	74	—	—	0.5	41.6	1536	6175

Sources: HDI — UNDP HDR 2023-24; Life expectancy at birth — World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users — World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population — World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman — World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy — World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity — World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality — World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person — World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area — World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-09-01. Observed years only; IMF projections are excluded.

A dotted value moved sharply against the previous observed value in its series, which is the usual signature of a series break or a source revision; it is a prompt to check, not a judgement. In the last row, ≠ means the profile’s current figure differs from the latest value here by more than 2%: none do on this page.

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